The National Weather Service recorded 5.6 inches of snowfall in the Twin Cities as of Feb. 12, making it the fourth-snowiest February ever so far. Recent conditions have made for rough commutes, but the trouble wasn’t limited to weekdays.

In between weather events that nagged the Twin Cities the first week of February, making walking outside, let alone driving, a real hassle, groups of speedskaters found good use of the ice at the Roseville OVAL on Feb. 6.

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The Minnesota Department of Transportation will soon begin work to add MnPASS lanes to both directions of traffic on Interstate 35W, out of Roseville at County Road C north to Lexington Avenue in Blaine.

With spring in sight — no, really — the impending change of seasons means another round of road construction is right around the corner for the north suburbs.

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The Minnesota Department of Transportation will soon begin work to add MnPASS lanes to both directions of traffic on Interstate 35W, out of Roseville at County Road C north to Lexington Avenue in Blaine.

A large project to reconstruct a little more than a mile of a south Shoreview residential road is expected to begin this summer.

The Shoreview City Council approved plans for the Owasso Boulevard North project during its Feb. 4 meeting.